Wednesday, November 23, 2016

New Solar Energy Engineering Standards for the 3rd Quarter 2016

Document Center, Inc. is pleased to announce that the following Standards on Solar Energy Engineering are now available;


  • ASTM E1040, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2016, Standard Specification for Physical Characteristics of Nonconcentrator Terrestrial Photovoltaic Reference Cells
  • ASTM E973, 2016 Edition, Standard Test Method for Determination of the Spectral Mismatch Parameter Between a Photovoltaic Device and a Photovoltaic Reference Cell
  • BS EN 60904-3, 2016 Edition, Photovoltaic devices. Measurement principles for terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) solar devices with reference spectral irradiance data
  • BS EN 61215, Withdrawn and Replaced by BS EN 61215-1-1, Crystalline silicon terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules. Design qualification and type approval
  • BS EN 61215-1-1, 2016 Edition, Terrestrial photovoltaic (PV) modules. Design qualification and type approval. Special requirements for testing of crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) modules
  • BS EN 62788-1-2, 2016 Edition, Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules. Encapsulants. Measurement of volume resistivity of photovoltaic encapsulants and other polymeric materials
  • IEC 61724-3, Edition 1.0, Photovoltaic system performance - Part 3: Energy evaluation method
  • IEC 61730-1, Edition 2.0, Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification - Part 1: Requirements for construction
  • IEC 61730-2, Edition 2.0, Photovoltaic (PV) module safety qualification - Part 2: Requirements for testing
  • IEC 61853-2, Edition 1.0, Photovoltaic (PV) module performance testing and energy rating - Part 2: Spectral responsivity, incidence angle and module operating temperature measurements
  • IEC 62108, Edition 2.0, Concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) modules and assemblies - Design qualification and type approval
  • IEC 62257-9-1, Edition 2.0, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems for rural electrification - Part 9-1: Integrated systems - Micropower systems
  • IEC 62257-9-2, Edition 2.0, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems for rural electrification - Part 9-2: Integrated systems - Microgrids
  • IEC 62257-9-3, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems for rural electrification - Part 9-3: Integrated systems - User interface
  • IEC 62257-9-4, Edition 2.0, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems for rural electrification - Part 9-4: Integrated systems - User installation
  • IEC 62257-9-5, Edition 3.0, Recommendations for renewable energy and hybrid systems for rural electrification - Part 9-5: Integrated systems - Selection of stand-alone lighting kits for rural electrification
  • IEC 62548, Edition 1.0, Photovoltaic (PV) arrays - Design requirements
  • IEC 62788-1-4, Edition 1.0, Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules - Part 1-4: Encapsulants - Measurement of optical transmittance and calculation of the solar-weighted photon transmittance, yellowness index, and UV cut-off wavelength
  • IEC 62788-1-5, Edition 1.0, Measurement procedures for materials used in photovoltaic modules - Part 1-5: Encapsulants - Measurement of change in linear dimensions of sheet encapsulation material resulting from applied thermal conditions


For more standards like these, please refer to our Document Center List of Standards on Solar Energy Engineering.